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VidaLinux and Gentoo

Hi,

I am interested in using Gentoo eventually (I'm still a bit of a newbie).
Does anyone here have experience with VidaLinux (gentoo-based). I know they are probably very different but I want to use VidaLinux as a stepping stone towards eventually installing Gentoo. Any other recommendations for a gentoo-based distro?

Thanks kastorff for the opinion. Out of curiosity, can I use Gentoo's portage sources with Vidalinux or do I have to use another source? I read somewhere that you can use Gentoo's sources but I would like to make sure.

Also, when I went to get the ISO's off of a mirror, there is a P4 and an i686 version. I have a P4 but from what I understand, my architechture is i686. What version should I use?

About the architecture thing...what is meant by i686? I am most likely going to get the P4 version unless i686 is faster or better optimized for my hardware. By the way, I am using a Dell Inspiron 1150. Hope that helps.